Local government area 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of local government area
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland system extent by local government area Download this table in .CSV format
Local government area
Total area (ha )
Wetland area by system
Total wetland area (ha )
artificial and highly modified
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
lacustrine (natural)
lacustrine (slightly modified)
lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified)
riverine
Total
172,958,711
277,706
1,150,321
4,133
514,040
36,971
61
2,848,336
81,268
2,590,091
7,502,926
Aurukun
732,422
3
33,276
34,777
4,502
72,558
Balonne
3,107,355
43,559
1,562
823
9,703
3,393
17,356
76,396
Banana
2,854,893
6,074
2,191
1,291
5,176
873
17,217
32,821
Barcaldine
5,343,937
1,150
6,864
376
27,754
260
29,356
65,759
Barcoo
6,225,666
377
83,777
165
223,730
330
142,832
451,211
Blackall-Tambo
3,058,028
1,182
471
1,579
72
12,436
15,741
Boulia
6,094,500
611
9,230
135
56,199
198
54,889
121,262
Brisbane
133,702
1,444
3,005
282
175
142
< 1
2,900
399
1,827
10,176
Bulloo
7,323,473
438
104,843
147
1
366,714
227
74,517
546,887
Bundaberg
643,060
9,892
4,873
20
13
955
4
9,188
197
17,078
42,221
Burdekin
501,407
2,882
38,267
510
113
1,742
5
4,803
9,643
22,383
80,348
Burke
4,014,624
558
157,914
605
49,188
265
85,061
293,591
Cairns
169,322
2,073
5,973
169
3
< 1
5,610
10
2,249
16,088
Carpentaria
6,416,297
1,779
315,439
2,785
960
4
143,449
1,195
192,565
658,176
Cassowary Coast
468,768
819
24,218
12
10
24
15,803
137
3,985
45,010
Central Highlands
5,978,961
27,963
3,436
2,820
14,037
1,664
58,812
108,732
Charters Towers
6,832,318
16,735
16,918
940
< 1
39,923
525
207,434
282,476
Cherbourg
3,176
3
2
23
28
Cloncurry
4,800,047
1,805
665
7,752
147
112,477
122,845
Cook
10,563,820
1,785
114,321
3,717
318
171,259
295
84,186
375,880
Croydon
2,950,931
154
132
2
28,509
237
48,070
77,103
Diamantina
9,466,497
172
256,622
278
945,860
56
190,351
1,393,340
Doomadgee
182,048
3
13,450
2,900
3
1,063
17,419
Douglas
242,258
43
4,854
12
8
< 1
2,440
1
2,319
9,678
Etheridge
3,922,447
1,714
482
715
25,532
224
111,953
140,620
Flinders
4,122,976
1,169
1,704
645
4
10,699
382
31,668
46,272
Fraser Coast
710,304
2,230
20,353
2,824
423
7
29,855
492
9,260
65,443
Gladstone
1,046,687
2,191
51,837
124
22
3,411
< 1
9,447
411
12,635
80,079
Gold Coast
131,543
2,442
7,019
406
5
2,171
525
1,081
13,649
Goondiwindi
1,927,347
15,459
212
682
5,531
1,682
20,404
43,970
Gympie
688,750
1,710
1,317
43
22
14,534
27
8,164
25,817
Hinchinbrook
279,886
521
14,000
2
7
7,268
804
9,086
31,687
Hope Vale
111,037
11
1,261
1,600
6,286
11
1,065
10,233
Ipswich
109,316
454
40
1,019
78
1,321
2,911
Isaac
5,866,105
9,086
29,838
918
540
3,511
4
14,262
9,024
86,028
153,212
Kowanyama
251,607
14
20,979
6
10,497
2
13,356
44,853
Livingstone
1,170,132
5,115
69,606
72
121
170
15,756
27,162
22,215
140,217
Lockhart River
360,008
3
9,128
9
1,124
9,814
20,077
Lockyer Valley
226,928
670
420
< 1
704
172
5,166
7,132
Logan
95,787
304
163
42
< 1
1,211
77
1,089
2,888
Longreach
4,056,045
950
48
569
420
87
49,202
51,276
Mackay
759,329
4,713
29,061
52
13
79
1
6,090
1,476
14,859
56,345
Mapoon
48,778
5,661
5,616
256
11,532
Maranoa
5,871,241
3,612
35
1,416
7,628
797
22,974
36,461
Mareeba
5,336,639
1,873
449
3,977
23,995
107
116,637
147,038
Mckinlay
4,073,302
745
123
39,096
831
63,071
103,867
Moreton Bay
203,800
3,577
4,921
1
34
209
8
8,590
224
2,123
19,687
Mornington
120,483
45
16,532
1,322
4
17,903
Mount Isa
4,320,811
4,285
1,151
10,120
3
125,662
141,222
Murweh
4,069,886
836
881
484
20,387
797
31,641
55,026
Napranum
198,237
15,925
10,971
1,090
27,985
Noosa
86,999
455
631
206
19
10,315
11
2,977
14,613
North Burnett
1,967,052
3,520
271
637
88
20,723
25,239
Northern Peninsula Area
101,970
< 1
1,618
76
13,599
1,051
16,345
Palm Island
6,856
12
46
9
58
14
140
Paroo
4,762,843
607
6,713
212
124,827
2,398
10,787
145,543
Pormpuraaw
438,210
6
17,398
32,774
1,863
52,040
Quilpie
6,745,663
633
249
182
89,046
209
59,784
150,103
Redland
53,839
157
4,141
26
310
54
< 1
5,969
32
8
10,698
Richmond
2,658,427
648
98
12,451
286
27,379
40,862
Rockhampton
654,851
4,522
20,940
46
382
955
2,986
4,035
5,947
39,813
Scenic Rim
424,149
1,731
58
973
154
3,636
6,552
Somerset
537,365
16,869
10
1
180
127
8,694
25,882
South Burnett
837,856
5,329
144
400
37
10,152
16,062
Southern Downs
707,743
4,243
30
8
315
44
8,958
13,598
Sunshine Coast
226,350
3,249
2,577
1
3
148
12,614
306
6,232
25,130
Tablelands
1,138,091
6,512
2,110
297
8
14,476
919
22,794
47,115
Toowoomba
1,297,638
6,915
20
85
857
70
6,513
14,460
Torres
89,793
93
29,626
95
3,961
509
34,285
Torres Strait Island
47,773
17,930
2
472
470
18,874
Townsville
372,785
6,973
16,257
123
220
1,552
1,807
11,800
38,732
Weipa
1,015
9
9
13
31
Western Downs
3,794,332
8,563
256
1,263
4,113
886
13,732
28,812
Whitsunday
2,383,116
20,140
25,804
1,761
14
814
1
8,572
4,267
72,233
133,606
Winton
5,381,026
1,260
2,294
622
45,331
63
138,313
187,883
Woorabinda
39,303
23
5
4
252
5
642
932
Wujal Wujal
1,173
22
22
Yarrabah
15,569
3
151
2,210
44
2,409
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of local government areas.
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation (e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Local government area 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/lga.html